Press Release Article

TRAVEL ADVISORY - BAYONNE BRIDGE TO CLOSE THIS WEEKEND FOR ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

Date: Jun 22, 2017Press Release Number: 118-2017

The Bayonne Bridge will be closed this weekend – from 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 23, through 5 a.m. Monday, June 26 – to accommodate ongoing construction work on the crossing.

To accommodate a major concrete pour for the southbound half of the main bridge deck, which requires numerous concrete truck deliveries, traffic on the Bayonne side of the crossing will be diverted at 5th Street between 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 23, and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 24. After that time, traffic will be diverted at Avenue A during the remainder of the bridge closing.

Once the bridge opens at 5 a.m. Monday, June 26, it will remain open until its standard 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily overnight closing.

Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency’s network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the State of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency raises the necessary funds for the improvement, construction or acquisition of its facilities primarily on its own credit. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.